Blessed by Night

All except for Anna, who immediately pulled up her chair and started eating the breakfast that was already laid out for her. Some may have seen this as cruel, but Anna felt that if she could survive this hell once before, Serana could certainly do it too.

"Just think about what Apophis will think when he sees them for the first time." Anna replied between bites.

Serana suddenly stopped her wailing and instead a dumb little grin formed on her face.

"Ehehehe...hehehehe..."

"Works like a charm." Anna folded up and entire pancake and jammed it into her mouth like a boa constrictor.

Now that the small crisis was much more manageable, Mal and the rest of the girls sat down together and discussed the events of last night.

No matter how many times Serana witnessed it, she would never understand just how her mother was so okay with this new open and expressive sexual lifestyle.

'Is this a N'Kai thing, or is the sex just that good..?'

Serana looked at Mal strangely out of the corner of her eye.

Bianca flicked some of the cereal off her spoon and nailed the pink haired girl between the eyes.

"H-Hey! What was that for??"

"I dunno." Bianca admitted.

A small glare passed between the two girls that was honestly quite cute to observe.

"So, how was she?" Nadine asked lasciviously.

Mal's expression seemed to soften a bit as he recalled the events of last night and the 'exercises' he and Celeste enjoyed on the floor.

"She's soft… but surprisingly protactive."

"Oh? Sounds like just our type." Nadine bit her lip erotically. "You should have brought her home to share."

"I'm kind of glad you didn't, I felt too bloated for a big orgy last night." Anna leaned back in her chair and patted her pierced navel.

"I-I also would have wanted to shave my legs before something like that…" Sei blushed.

"You bastards have the weirdest relationship I have ever seen…" Serana muttered in disgust for the thousandth time.

Joanne waived her hand dismissively. "If things keep progressing the way they are with Apophis, then you might find yourself turning into us at some point."

Serana's cheeks turned pink.

"I think I already am. I mean, have you seen those women he married before me? Good googly moogly…"

Sei paused just shy of inserting her spoon into her mouth. "I didn't know you liked women."

"Yea, I didn't know you did either, MOMMY, so I guess the sex toys don't fall too far from the drawer, do they??"

"W-We don't use those!" Sei's face became red and she lowered her head.

"That's not exactly true." Bianca admitted. "We have some handcuffs and a couple of plug-"

"I've officially heard enough, and I regret ever bringing this up in the first place." Serana held up both hands practically begging for her to stop.

As the family laughed at their accumulated lack of normalcy, Malachi suddenly paused and glanced at the door.

He soon returned to his meal; seeing no reason to get out of his chair.

"Serosh, wake up buddy." He called.

The sleeping lion let out a low bellow and rolled deeper into the couch.

"Don't be like that or I'm not making you those salmon croquettes you like." Mal threatened sternly.

Serosh waived his tail dismissively and continued to sleep.

Malachi gritted his teeth as he turned to stare at Sei accusatorially.

"You see? He doesn't respect me anymore because he knows that all he has to do is turn small and you'll spoil him to death."

"B-But he's so cute when he's a kitten..!" Sei whined.

Malachi rolled his eyes as Luna kissed his cheek.

"Don't worry, baby, Shiro can handle it. Isn't that right, sweet girl?"

The small fox made an excited yelp and leapt from Luna's lap.

She cutely trotted towards the door, and Bianca used her telekinesis to open it for her.

"Freeze!"

"Don't move!"

"Grenade!"

A small projectile was tossed into the room and Shiro exhaled a breath of cold air to freeze it solid.

In an instant, Shiro grew to become Serosh's size, with three snowy white tails coming from her behind.

She lunged out into the hallway amidst a hail of gunfire and flying powers, and screams soon ensued in her wake.

The family simply waited for the noise to stop while continuing to eat together like normal.

Despite one believing that she would have already learned her lesson, Serana still had a couple more sex related questions that were colorfully answered by Anna.

But when Sei attempted to answer one, she shut down completely and insisted that she had to go back to eating.

"Arf!" (I'm done! Praise me, you horny beasts!"

Shiro returned to Luna's side in her usual cute appearance, but splashed with blood.

Despite that, she was still wagging her tail and adamantly demanding a reward.

"Good girl." Luna smiled. "You didn't kill any of them, did you?"

Shiro shook her head and Bianca tossed her a bit of table food as a reward.

Malachi was in the middle of chewing when he got a sudden phone call.

As soon as he saw it was Morgan, he already knew what the call would be about.

"Morning." Mal answered positivly.

"Good morning, lad. He try to kill you too?"

"Mhm. Seemed more like a capture squad than a suppression force though. Did you kill any of them?"

"Only the one who tried to shoot something at my Crystal."

"Completely fair." Mal nodded as he pilfered some bacon off Anna's plate.

"I guess this is his way of summoning us for something? Bastard acts like he's never heard of a phone..."

"Yea, can't really say he's the most subtle... You heading over?"

"Doesn't seem we have much choice... You coming?"

"Mhm. Give me five minutes. It's about time that we figured all of this out for good."

-

Malachi, Morgan, and Arias were seated at a long table within Arias' penthouse.

None of them had said so much as a single word since the time of their arrival.

Morgan and Arias were simply glaring at each other in silence.

Malachi was the only one who seemed tone in a stable mood. Even now, he was staring out the window at the clear blue sky overhead.

'I wonder... Are you resting peacefully right about now, Ma?' he thought sadly.

Knowing Nyx, he doubted the answer was a yes.

He really did need to work on getting their family back on track and soon at that…

"...You see something funny on my face, you blonde twink?!"

"That shit you call a beard is irritating me, I think you should stand still and let me fix it by cutting your fucking face off."

'Here we go..' Mal sighed.

Morgan threw his chair back and steam began to roll of his body.

"You're welcome to come and test your luck again at any time, boy. But things won't go as well for you as they did before!"

"You think I need my powers to embarrass you, Creed? Even in my current state I can still tear your tonsils out through your ass before you blink!"

Malachi watched all of this with a dry gaze.

He was in the middle of deciding how to put an end to everything when his phone suddenly buzzed.

Much to his delight, it was a message from Celeste.

Celeste: I'm too sore to sleep properly thanks to you… You should have been more gentle with an old woman like me.

Malachi was fully aware this may have been crossing the line, but he couldn't resist the opportunity that was practically laid bare in front of him.

'I'll be more gentle next time.' He typed back.

The message was sent and Celeste read it immediately, though she didn't respond.

But somehow, Mal felt that was more than enough of a step in a better direction.

He finally noticed the room had gone quiet and he looked up to find Arias and Morgan staring at him as they held each other by the throat.

""The fuck are you smiling at??""